🪷 2001 Saṅkrānti Calendar · 12 Solar Transitions

Every Sun-into-new-rāśi event · the 12 cosmic turnings of the year

अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्।
तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः॥
"Fire · light · day · the bright fortnight · the six months of Uttarāyaṇa — those who depart by these reach Brahman, those who know Brahman." — Bhagavad-Gītā 8.24 — Makara-Saṅkrānti opens the Uttarāyaṇa-gate

A Saṅkrānti is the moment the Sun crosses from one rāśi (sidereal zodiac sign) to the next. Twelve per year · marking the cosmic clock. Makara-Saṅkrānti (Sun-into-Capricorn · January) begins Uttarāyaṇa (the northern course · the auspicious half-year for spiritual departure). Karka-Saṅkrānti (Sun-into-Cancer · July) begins Dakṣiṇāyana (the southern course).

DateDaySun EntersEnglish
2001-01-14SunMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
2001-02-13TueKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
2001-03-14WedMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
2001-04-14SatMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
2001-05-15TueVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
2001-06-15FriMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
2001-07-17TueKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
2001-08-18SatSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
2001-09-18TueKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
2001-10-18ThuTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
2001-11-17SatVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
2001-12-16SunDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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